The Wingham Times, 1914-11-19, Page 3November I9th 19I4
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IIDENTIFYINO FAMEN SOLDIERS,
When, in these days a great battles
in whieb nine different nations may
quite easily take part on the same day,
the layman reads that the dead are piled
up in huge heaps, he may well be
puzzled to know how individuals can be
recognized for the information of their
relatives.,
It is managed quite pimply, however
hy the issue to each soldier before he
takes the field of an indentification card
or token. In the South African war
our soldiers carried with them, sewn
into a little pocket on the inside of the
khaki jacket, a parchment certificate
containing full particulars a the man
and his next-of-kin, and certified by the
company officer. Recently, however,
we have adopted more durable indenti-
fication plates, after the continenta
fashion,
The Germans carry small metal discs
on which is simply a number which
affords to the Berlin War Office a com-
plete clue to the indentity of the pos-
sessor. ,shoulj he be slain. The
ilk Japanese carry something very similar
war, their being, however, two other
numbers on ea eh metal disc, one in-
dication the man's corps and another
his brigade, Each man carries three
discs about different parts of his per-
son, in case one should get lost, and the
system is so perfect that even the
the men blown almost to pieces at Port
Arthur were rapidly identified after-
wards.
Belgium last year exported 27,000 hor-
ses.
OM HER A CHANCE.
Give the cow a chance, and before'
you consign her to the butcher's block
be certain that you are providing her
with liberal alowances of the feeds
which are good for milk and butter fat
production.
This is the pleawhich F. G. Swaboda,
agricultural representative for Lang -
lade county, Wis., is making to save
many alleged "boarders."
"The big lesson," he says, "which is
to be learned from the long fist of 40
pound cows lately published by various
cow testing associations is that most
cows will produre if given a chance.
When turned on our luxuriant northern
grasses in mid-May they immediately
respond at the milk pail. Old milkers,
new milkers and milkers in every other
period of lactation then come forward
with a larger flow.
"The reason is not hard to find -
succulent fresh grass, mixed with clover
perchance, offers practically a balanced
ration. That is what the animal's sys-
tem craves and, adequately supplied,
the faithfulcow expresses her appre-
dation by filling the milk bucket.
"The aim of the dairyman should be
to provide his herd at all seasons of the
year with as near summer pasture con-
ditions as is possible."
DR. A. W. CHASE'S en
CATARRH POWDER
is sent direct to the diseased parts by the
Improved Blower. Heals the ulcers,
clears the air passages, stops drop.
pings in the throat and permanent.
Ly cures Catarrh and Hay Fever.
25e. a box; bower tree. Accept no
substitutes. All dealers or EtlmaniOns
/MtnCo.. LIMOS. Toronto.
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THE MATettibX TRIO: TORTURER BY
It Is the Latest Dodge of the Londe,
Confidence 11fan.
Still the confidence trickster flour-
isLes and waxes fat, thanks to tint
gullibility of the London visitor. His
latest dodge Is neat and effective,
and resulted the other day in 44
Australian being reolleved of WO.
The victim was visiting the Zoo, and
got into conversation with two in.
dividuals, who made themselves verY
agreeable. They left the Zoo to-
gether, and had only just got out-
side, when a 'well-dressed man in
front dropped a matchbox, which one
of the confidence men immediately
picked up. It appeared to be one of
those trick matchboxes, containing a
hidden spring, -which required to be
found and pressed before the box
could be opened, The trickster,
however, easily opened it.
At that milment the individual
who had dropped it returned and
asked the three if they sad seen a
matchbox anywhere. It was return-
ed to him, when he ventured the in-
formation that he would not have
lost it for anything, as it was a fam-
ily treasure and be had a standing
wager at his club that no one -ould
open it. Ultimately, after some con-
versation, he bet any of the three
$250 they could not open it.
"I'll bet you 1 can," said one a;
the two men, but feeling In hrs
pockets he found he only had $100,
and a cheque for $375, which he
showed to the Australian. Borrow-
ing $150 of 'the latter, the four got
int) a taxi -cab, it being agreed that
the finder of the box should have
ten minutes in which to open it.
Te the surprise of the Australian,
his newly -made friend could not
open the box again, and In Oxford
Circus the owner claimed the $250,
which had been deposited with con-
federate number three.
After a great argument he was
given the money and got out of the
cab. The man who had failed to
open the box and borrowed the $150
from the Australian thereupon ask-
ed the latter to come back to his
hotel, when he would cash his
cheque for $375 and return him the
money. The cab stopped at _a private
hotel, and the confidence man went
tnside. He was away so long that
the second confidence man Went to
find him. After sitting in the cab
for some time the Australian be-
came uneasy and went in search of
the two men.
Of course, they had vanished
through a door which opened into
another street, and the Australian
was left not only 'to deplore the loss
pf his 4150, but to pay close upon
$5 for the taxi -cab fare.
Pleasant For Aunty.
The rich maiden aunt Wail Calling
on her poor relations.
"And where is little Tommy?" Pe
inquired, looking round for her
favorite.
Little Tomtny was brought in
carrying a large tumbler, from which
he refused to be parted.
"Do drink this, auntie," he said.
"And why should I drink it,
dear?"
"Because r want to see you."
"And why do you want to see me
drink it?"
"Because papa says you drink like
a fish."
Milk Made From Bean.
Soy milk is now largely in use in
Germany, it being an imitation of
cow's milk. manufactured from the
soy, or Chinese bean. While not an
exact ,counterfelt of the lacteal fluid,
It furnishes a substitute satisfactory
to the peasant, and is fully as whole-
some as the purest milk, The acre
of ground required to support one
Cevr will raise material from which
far greater quantities of soy milk
Can be readily manufactured than
the hardest Working bovine could
possibly produce.
Rapid Transit Returns.
"I wouldn't be guilty of doing a
favor for a man and then in a day
or two asking him to do one for me."
"No, nor I. I'd ask him right
straight off, before his gratitude got
a chance to cool." •
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTO R.1 A
Hog bristles sell for $243 a ton in
Englarid.
Although the existence of natural gas
in Hungary has been shown for several
years, it was only recently that the first
pipe line for its utilization was construct-
ed.
SUFFERED WITH
LAME BACK.
Could Hardly Straighten Up For Pain.
When the back becomes !ante and
starts to ache it is the sure sign of kidney
trouble.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure the aching
back by curie's the aching kidneys be-
neath -for it is really the kidneys aching
and not the back.
This is why "Doan's" tures are lasting
,-the medicine cures the actual cause of
the disease, the kidneys.
Mr. J. W. Aylett, South Oshawa, Ont.,
writes: "I have trzuch pleasure in
recommending Dean'Kidney Pills.
Last summer I suffered with a lame back.
Sometimes 1 could hardly straighten up
for the pain. I read about Doan's
Kidney Pills and decided to give them a
trial. I can truthfully say that the
second box cured me. I can recommend
them to all as a speedy cure to all suffer -
In; with backache."
Doatt's Kidney Pills are 5Oe per box,
8 bozos for $1.25, at all dealers or mailed
&ad ou receipt of prate by The T.
Milburn Co., Laaiteci, Toronto, Ont.
When ordering direct speeify Vogues.",
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CONSTIPATION
"Fruit -Over Gored Paraly-
zed Bowels and Digestion
$T. BONIFACE D SHA.WINIGAN, Qtat,
Feb. 3rd. 194
"It is a pleasure to me to iuforin you
that after suffering from Chronic
Constipation for 2% years, I have been
cured by "Pruit-a-tives". While I
was a student at Berthier College, I
became so ill I was forced to leave the
the college. Severe pains across the
intestines continually tortured sue and
it came to a point when I could not
stoop down at all, and my Digestion
became paralyzed. Some one advised
me to take "Ifruit-a-tives" and at once
I felt a great improvement. After I
had taken four or five boxes, I realized
that I was completely cured and what
made me glad, also, was that they
were acting gently, causing no pain
whatever to the bowels. All those who
suffer with Chronic Constipation
should follow my example and take
" Fruit -a -fives " for they are the
medicine that cures".
MAGLOIRR PAQUIN
"Pruit-a-tives" are sold by all dealers
at soc. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size,
25e. or sent postpaid on receipt of price
by Pruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa.
As to Christmas Presents.
Do not think of cutting down yonr
Christmas presents. Give freely ae-
cording to your means. If your heart
is heavy for the agonized peoples of
Europe you need not be triyolous in
giving But whether the giving is joy-
ous or in the minor key, there never
was a Christmas when the obligation to
to give was more pressing,
, The proposal to cut oft Christmas
presents grows out of that well-mean-
ing but mistaken view of life which
dwells so much on the superficially
"practical" side that it is blind to all
the practical consideration underlying
the mainly graceful or decorative as-
pects of life. A general contraction of
Christmas present making this year
would questionably have far-reaching
disastrcus effects. -New York Sun.
8 Boxes Cured Psorluis.
Mrs, Nettie Massey, Consecon, Ont.,
writes; "Three doctors described my
trouble as psoriasis, and one said I could
never be cured, The disease spread all
over me, even on my face and head and
the itching and burning was hard to
hear: I used eight boxes of Dr. Chase's
Ointment and am entiraly caved -not a
sign of a sore to be seen. I can hardly
praise this Ointment enough."
The shareholders of the Toronto, Ham-
ilton & Buffalo and the Erie & Ontario
Railways decided at Hamilton to amal-
gamate.
That he has melted metals in a vacuum
by focusing the sun's rays on them
witeout using a container of high heat
resisting properties is the assertion of
a German scientist.
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease and prescrib-
ed local remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. 3. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. It is taken in-
ternally in doses from 10 drops to
a teaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dol-
lars for any case it fails to curs. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address; F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa-
tion.
Passing of Old Houses.
Riders and walkers through the New
England countryside and villages learn
to look for the venerable houses, many
of them centenarians twice over, which
not -only distiaguisli this region, but lit
into its landscapes with a suitability
which newer buildings somehow lack.
As this interest grows the observer be
gins to notice flint they are all too rap-
idly disappearing to give place to mod-
ern houses which are certainly no ina
provement in workmanship and archi-
tectural design, and not necessarily su-
perior in comfort and convenience if
the old houses are properly handled.
In losing theee ancient buildings we
are /rising not only pnrcels of history.
We are losing quite as much a digni-
fied and fitting style of domestic archi-
tecture which Is all the more effeetive
by being severely platin.-13oston
Irans-
eript.
Cooling Water Without Using leo.
To ceol water without using Ice get it
slender glass test tube frein any drug
store. Half fill it with nitrate of am-
monia salts, fill up with water, cork
tightly. Shake till the salt is dissolved.
13e careful to wipe the outside of the
tube dry in order that all tracee Of the
nitrate may be removed. Place this
tube Into a Ones of water and agitate
as you would a spoon. The water is
rapidly thined. The nitrate of ant*
monia Salts can be Naught at any drug
store. This le a far better way of 'cool.
Ing water than putting lee in it..-NeW
York World.
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Now that the Myths season IS
feed during this period.
over, the bens are commencing to
good atteation and the best of
normal sondition, They need
molt and are therefore in an oh -
THE POULTRYMAN.
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.4 Some of the causes of roup are
4 3udden and extreme changes in
3 temperature, damp houses and
drafts.
1After the fowls begin to molt
they should be given ground
bone once every day and a meal
of meat at least three times a
week.
Tbe up to date fancier these
dayexamines his growing flock
of chicks very carefully, so that
by selection and elimination he
may keep that which is best and
discard that which is poorest
Ifrom his dock.
Keep fine charcoal and grit
where chicks may have free ac-
cess to it.
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DISINFECTANT FOR
POULTRY QUARTERS
[Prepared by dairy division, United Statel
department a agriculture.]
The first consideration in obtaining a
disinfectant for poultry quarters should
be effectiveness. It isn't good economy
to buy a disinfectant for the simple
reason that it is cheap. Poultrymen
can mix their own disinfectants. They
can do it more cheaply than buying
ready mixed commercial disinfectants,
and they are quite aa effective. The
cresol solution is one of the best of
these.
Cresol may be obtained through drug-
gists, and in buying it should be speci-
fied as "commercial cresol." This may
be placed directly with water and used
ns a spray, but as it is not very solu-
ble it is better to make use of what is
ktiown as "compound solution of cre-
sol," which in turn is diluted by water.
The government's proportions are as
follows:
First put four quarts of raw linseed
oil in a four or five gallon stone crock;
then weigh out in a dish one and two-
thirds pounds of commercial caustic
potash. whieli may be obtained from
any druggist at 10 or 15 cents a pound.
Dissolve this potash in a pint of water,
and add the cold potash solution very
slowly to the linseed oil, stirring con -
Too little care is given fowls in
the matter of providing pure, clean
drinking water. It should be re-
membered that the principal part of
the egg as well as of the fOVII It.
self is water. Pure fresh water,
then, is of vital importance. The
illustration shows a homemade wa-
ter fountain that answers every de-
mand. It is made of a cheese box,
with the bottom removed and slats
arranged as shown in the illustra-
tion. The arrangement is then set
over a gallon crock sunk in the
earth.
stantly. Not less than five minutes
should be taken to the adding of this
solution of potash to the oil.
For five hours after mixing the cold
potash the solution should be stirred
thoroughly every hour, and then it
should be left standing ten or twelve
hours. By the expiration of that time
saponificatiou should be complete. This
soap should then be stirred, and five
and one-fourth quarts of commercial
cresol should be added. The soap will
slowly dissolve in this cresol. It may
take two days for a complete solution
to be effected.. When the soap is all
dissolved the solution Is ready for use.
This cresol will mix in any proportion
of water and will make a clear solu-
tion.
The quantities given in the foregoing
directions may be increased or lessened
In accordance with your requirements,
but one should be careful to maintain
the proportions given. To disinfect the
interior of poultry houses, incubators,
brooders, etc., a 2 per cent solution of
this cresol mixture will be found very
satisfactory both for general disinfect-
ing and for cleaning out vermin. This
would mean one gallon of cresol solu-
tion to fifty gallons of water, or three
or four teaspoonfuls of cresol solution
to a gallon Of water Would be about
right
Keep Chlekens Growing.
As your chicktols grow old remem.
her that they need more feed. The
amcamt required to produce a pound of
gain increates as the birds grow older.
Increase the amount of feed each week
so that they will have enough. If you
go around the last thing before dark
with a pall a feed tbrow a little in
each coop, and you will soon know
Whether or not they have had enough.
Range Good For Fowls.
Hens will get a good deal of theb
food in the fieldd if they have a chance
tut try them with a bit more every
morning and night. A bit too much /6
better than bunger. Growing chicks
need an all round diet. Wake requirs
. about the sato food as full growl
dOoat7 loss ot
MYSTERY OF THE EEL".
Jyat How Ito ExIstonoo Ends, or Why,
No Ono Some to Know.
Of all the forms of fish science has
studied the eel Is the most remarkable
and the lost understood. Its life his-
tory is mysterious and as slippery as
Its own skin.
1M breeding grounds are the mid.
Atlantic, at what depth nobody
knows. Diring the year the larval
eel remains at sea it never eats and
grows constantly smaller. It ihnillY
starts swimming toward the mouth of
sotne fresh water streata-Often one
that is a thousand miles away.
On arrival at -its destination the eel
promptly changes from the thinness
of a visiting card and a transparency
that permits only its glistening black
eyes to be seen to the pigmented
snakelike fish that is trapped and
sPeered on the coast and in the rivers.
As soon as the eel has brought forth
Its first spawning of 15,000,000 to 20,-
000400 eggs It dies, but just how its
existence ends or why it should be cut
off so short remains a mystery. One
thing is certain, no adults aurae An
from the sea, no adults remain in the
streams.
The eel Is a vertebrate animal which
emerges front an egg less than one -
twenty -fifth of au inch in diameter.
It grows to a length of three inches in
perhaps a year, and during that time
is buffeted about on the high seas and
drifts over a distance of 1,000 miles
or more.
Yet during all this period the eel
takes no food whatever and is doubt-
less incapable of doing so, owing to
the unprepared condition of its diges-
tive organs. -New York American.
CURIOUS MULTIPLICATION.
You Need Not Know the Table Beyond
"Two Times Nine."
What! Multiply 393, by 177 without
knowing the multiplication table be-
yond the "two times nine?" Yes. If
you can multiply and divide by 2 you
can get any product In the follo-wing
simple way:
Put down the tw• o numbers side by
side and form a column under each by
successively dividing by 2 in the first
column and doubling the number In
the second eolumn. Discard all re-
mainders as you divide and carry both
columns • In even rows until tbe last
quotient is 1. Then cross out every
line across the three columns that has
au even number in the first column,
add what remains In tbe second col -
'min and you have the product. In the
following columns the numbers in
parentheses are the ones to be die,
ea rd&l:
343 ITT
171 354 2
es 708
(43) (1.416)
21. 2,s32
nin (8,6d41
6 11,128.
(2) (22,636/
45.312
4
(8)-
16
(32)
64
(128)
256
60,711 343
The reason why this comes ont so
nicely may be eXpluined by means of a
third column, showing the suecessive
powers of 2. The powers standing in
the undrossed !thee will exactly ac-
count for the remainders that were re-
jected. Their sum is therefore equal
to the multiplier. 343, and opposite each
Is the partial product equal to 177
times the corresponding power of 2. -
Youth's Companiou.
The Other Way.
First Girl tin the crush at the pa -
redo -Mercy! What a dreadful crowd.
wish now I'd stayed at home, don't
roil? Second Girl -Certainly not, but
1 wieti to goodness those others had. -
Boston Transcript. a
NO
ALUM
MAGIC
BAKING POWOER
EVEIN(RUSSIA.
T9 the Editor; -
Russia has prohibited the sale of
Vodka, their national drink, thia to con-
tinue even after the war and visitore
say that there is such a change that
the country is hardly tecognizabie.
Peasants, who before the war had fallen
into hopeless indolence and depravity
have already become self-respecting
citizens, The effect on character is al-
ready visible in neatly brushed clothes
instead of the formerragged and sloven-
ly attire. Huts which were dilapidated
are now repaired and improved.
Society has become more orderly and
the peasants indulge in wholesome
amusements. They now zrave fifty-five
per cent, of their wages which was for-
merly spent for drink and their earning
power has been increased through sob.
riety. This extra money is now apent
for necessities and comforts. This start-
ling regeneration of the peasantry is,
in the opinion of the Russian authorities,
likely to have an important effect an
the social and economic conditions of all
Russia.
Why cannot we have a similar bless-
ing? Are we not badly in need of it?
H. Arnott, M,B., M.C.P.S.
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND CHILD.
1312.9. WXNSLOW'S SOOTIONG &MVP has been
used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS of
MOTHISRS for thc‘r CHILDREN WHILE
TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It
sooTHEs the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS,
ALLAYS an PAIN ; CITRUS WIND COLIC, and
is the best remedy for DIARRIIMA. It is ab.
solutely harmless. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup,“ and take no alms
kind. rwenty-five cents a batik.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
A good cook is the best household jew-
el.
A diplomat seemingly believes one
without actually doing it.
There are few things more uncertain
than life's certainties.
You can't get the best of some men,
because they haven't any.
Far better be on pleasure bent than
on pleasure broke.
It is easy to for a man to gain a wo-
man's trust if he doesn't merit it.
Wise is the man who plays the trump
of indifference in the courtship game.
Women are ever the same. Eve shar-
ed the apple with Adam, but took the
first bite.
Every time a man discovers that a
woman has fooled him his vanity gets
a shock.
You may have noticed that when the
weather is good for ducks it isn't good
for anybody else,
But it is easier for the average man to
fall in love with a woman than it is for
him to stay there.
It sometimes happens that when a
man loses his money in the same tt ay
that he acquired it, he wants the other
fellow arrested for swindling.
A man may have a lot of sense, but
the chances are he will not display any
of it when he gets into an argument
with a pretty woman.
A steamer whose rudder had beeri
broken was steered for several days
ithrough Pacific by packing boxes hung
over the sides. .
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